Police have released a composite sketch of a man suspected of trying to abduct three young girls this month as they walked home from an elementary school in southwest Houston.

The incident occurred about 3:30 p.m. Feb. 12 as the girls were walking from Forester Elementary in the 12300 block of Sandpiper. As they walked along West Airport, Houston Police said, the man drove beside them and repeatedly tried to coax them into his car by offering them a ride.

When the girls walked across West Airport, he drove ahead of them and pulled to the curb along the sidewalk where they were walking. He again told them to get into his car. The girls ran to a nearby apartment complex where they live.

The man is described as being between about 20 and 30, bald and skinny. He had a mustache. He was driving a 2003 to 2007 four-door light-blue or silver car, possibly a Nissan Sentra. The paint on the car's roof was faded.